President Harry S. Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Commander Richard Antrim
President Harry S. Truman (right) awards the Medal of Honor to Commander Richard N. Antrim in a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
George C. Marshall shaking hands with Tom Connally
George C. Marshall (center) shaking hands with Senator Tom Connally. Senator Arthur Vandenberg (left), President Harry S. Truman and James Byrnes are in the foreground. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder is in the background between President Truman and James Byrnes.
President Harry S. Truman and Members of the National Defense Research Committee
President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Vannevar Bush and members of the National Defense Research Committee. Seated are Dr. James Conant, President of Harvard University; President Truman; and Dr. Alfred N. Richards, Head of Office of Scientific Research and Development. Standing are Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of MIT; Dr. Lewis H. Weed, National Academy of Sciences; Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Dr. Frank B. Jewett, New York; Dr. J. C. Hunsaker, MIT; Dr. Roger Adams, University of Illinois; Dr. A. Baird Hastings, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. A. R.
President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with a woman
President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Lady Margaret Alexander, wife of the Governor General of Canada. Standing next to President Truman is First Lady Bess Wallace Truman. On the left, behind President Truman are Harry Vaughan (second from the left), Secretary of State George Marshall (third from the left), and others.
President Truman with members of the Committee on Civil Rights
President Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittelsohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.
President and Mrs. Truman with Governor General Alexander
From left to right, Harry Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and the Governor General of Canada, Harold Alexander.
John Snyder speaking
John Snyder speaking, with President Harry S. Truman in the background. Snyder had just been sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury.
President Harry S. Truman addresses Congress
President Harry S. Truman delivering his State of the Union message to Congress. President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph Martin (right) are in the background.
President Harry S. Truman and Max Gardner
President Harry S. Truman (left) and O. Max Gardner. Gardner is departing for London, England, as the new United States Ambassador.
President Truman signs the draft bill
(left to right) Brigadier General Carlton S. Dargusch, Major General Lewis B. Hershey, Colonel Louis Renfrow watch as President Harry S. Truman signs the draft bill.